Chapter 939 Are You Drinking? My Treat

Beijing time at nine o'clock in the evening.

Sheraton Hotel Presidential Suite.

Standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lu Zhou received a call from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

"Your sister has arrived safely."

"ok, I know, thank you."

"You're welcome," Qin Yue on the other end of the phone smiled, "By the way, she lives in a student apartment now...how about I give her your apartment, and I also have plans to rent it near the school. A slightly smaller apartment."

When Lu Zhou left Princeton and returned to China, he gave Qin Yue the keys to the small villa in the nearby town and the Ford Mustang, and asked him to pay the property tax for him every year.

After all, the house is getting older and older. If no one lives in it for a long time, it cannot be lived in. Especially in a northern state like New Jersey, if no one is left in the house in winter, it is easy to cause water pipes to freeze and crack the roof.

Although it is estimated that there is no chance to go back and have a look, Lu Zhou still likes the house and the fireplace inside.

Lu Zhou shook his head and said, "No, I mentioned this to her during Chinese New Year, but she refused without even thinking about it. I thought about it later, it's not a downtown area, she's a girl I don’t feel at ease living in such a big house. If you don’t plan to live in it, just ask Vera or other professors in Prince if they are interested in it for me.”

In fact, Lu Zhou could feel Xiaotong's thoughts in his heart.

On the one hand, she is very grateful that she has spread her wings to protect her from the wind and rain since she was a child, and she also relies on this feeling, but on the other hand, her personality is very similar to her own, she is the kind who does not want to cause trouble for others The type, eager to live an independent life, eager to one day no longer depend on yourself, no longer be your own little burden, and even help yourself in turn...

In fact, what Lu Zhou wanted to say was that he didn't mind being dependent on her, nor would he regard such dependence as a burden.

After all, they are family.

And the relationship between family members is itself maintained on a kind of mutual dependence...

Qin Yue smiled and said: "I didn't say that I don't plan to live in it. You can rent such a big house for $3,000 a year. You can't find such a good thing in North America. I just said that if your sister needs it, I'll look for a house by myself. But it's true what you said, it's not convenient for her to live in such a remote place as a girl. "

Although Princeton’s student apartments are not cost-effective, they are close to campus facilities and safe. The Qinyue building where Xiaotong lives seems to be a two-person apartment. If there is a roommate, he can integrate into campus life more quickly.

After briefly asking about Xiaotong's situation there, Lu Zhou put her affairs aside for the time being and chatted with his former students.

"How is it? Are you still used to the life over there?"

Qin Yue smiled and replied: "I've always been quite used to it. It's enough for me to have a place to concentrate on my research. The only thing I'm not used to is that you're not here, and I can't help you when I encounter problems. Learned here."

Lu Zhou: "You are already a professor, and you still want to learn from me, so you should think about it yourself. Speaking of which, what topic have you been researching recently?"

"The Hualin problem in additive number theory...: Speaking of this matter, Qin Yue couldn't help sighing, "I think about this stuff every day! Sometimes I feel that it makes sense that there are few people who study number theory. Often you encounter a problem that seems to be purely piling up prime numbers, but when you study it deeply, you find it is an algebraic geometry problem. However, polarized light is a method of algebraic geometry, but it can't solve the problem. In the end, representation theory, p-adic theory, etc. must be introduced... Of course, your group construction method is also included. "

"This is actually a good thing," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Isn't this how our science progresses?"

Qin Yue said helplessly: "It is true to say so, but it is not very friendly to those who study these issues. Sometimes I can't help but think, if there is a method that can quickly obtain Just figure out what method we need to use to solve the problem we want to solve..."

Lu Zhou: "I'm afraid this is not the category of mathematics, but the category of metaphysics."

Qin Yue: "maybe."

At this point in the topic, there was a sudden silence for a while.

After chatting for so long, Qin Yue always felt that Lu Zhou had something to say, but maybe because he didn't know how to say it, he kept going around in circles with him.

Just when he was hesitating whether to take the initiative to break this point, Lu Zhou, who was silent, suddenly spoke abruptly.

"Vera... is she okay?"

Not surprised by this question, Qin Yue secretly said in his heart that sure enough, then he sighed and said.

"I asked for you, but I haven't found anything useful... She is not very willing to talk about her situation, and I don't know if she has discovered something. Now she is deliberately avoiding me. Later I tried I went to ask the lecturer Molina who studied the Riemann conjecture with her, but she was unwilling to say too much."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou was silent for a while.

"……thank you, I know now."

After a pause, he continued.

"If she really doesn't plan to say anything, don't force her."

Qin Yue: "are you going to hang up?"

"Well, if there's nothing else to do." Looking at the clock on the wall, Lu Zhou continued, "After all, it's not too early here."

After hesitating for a moment, Qin Yue asked, "Can I ask you a question? I actually wanted to ask you a question before, about—"

Lu Zhou: "...If it's an academic question, feel free to ask."

Qin Yue, who was interrupted, sighed lightly and said, "Forget it, I'd better not ask..."

...

Sitting in the next room, Wang Peng, who had just shaved, was sitting on the edge of the bed, checking the equipment in the suitcase as usual.

At this moment, footsteps were faintly heard from the corridor outside the door.

He heard who was coming from the sound of footsteps, and he stood up after throwing the equipment back into the suitcase, and walked to the entrance. Almost as soon as there was a knock on the door, he grabbed the door handle and opened the door.

"What's up?"

Standing at the door, Lu Zhou said casually.

"Want to drink? My treat."

From the expression on Lu Zhou's face, he seemed to be able to see something. After a few seconds of silence, Wang Peng said, "You can only smoke and not drink during working hours, but if you want to drink, I can accompany you."

"What kind of companionship?"

Wang Peng replied straightforwardly: "Watch from the sidelines, and carry you back when you get drunk."

Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

"Drunk? Me? Come on..."

Looking at Lu Zhou who turned around and walked towards the elevator, Wang Peng didn't say much, he closed the door, followed him to the elevator, and even reached out to press the button for him on the floor where the bar was located.

Seeing this, Lu Zhou glanced at him and said nothing.

Without saying a word along the way, Lu Zhou walked to the bar, sat on the high stool, and then looked at the bartender behind the bar and said.

"Have a whiskey Mizuki."

"Hold on."

Looking at the bartender's swaying hand like a unicorn arm, Wang Peng had a vague premonition that Lu Zhou might drink a lot tonight, so after a while of silence, he reminded him next to him.

"Tomorrow is the unveiling ceremony, I suggest you drink less."

What he didn't expect was that Lu Zhou, who had always listened to people's persuasion, changed his normal behavior this time.

"Don't worry about it."

After taking the cup from the bartender, Lu Zhou rudely threw down such a sentence, without saying a word, just drinking one cup after another.

Lu Zhou couldn't remember exactly when it stopped.

By the time he came back to his senses, it was already the next morning...